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The Handmade Gift

December 2018 •English

Melancholy 90-second film which examines the effects of air pollution and implores us to consider the fact that around the globe, 5.5 million people die each year as a result of breathing heavily polluted air.

Eat Your Carrots

August 2022 •English

Carrots are good for your eyes. Maybe too good.

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

June 2022 •English

Marcel is an adorable one-inch-tall shell who ekes out a colorful existence with his grandmother Connie and their pet lint, Alan. Once part of a sprawling community of shells, they now live alone as the sole survivors of a mysterious tragedy. When a documentarian discovers them amongst the clutter of his Airbnb, his resulting short film brings Marcel millions of passionate fans, as well as unprecedented dangers and a new hope at finding his long-lost family.

Crappy Christmas - Operation Christmas Child

July 2021 •English

A child is lured out of his home, kidnapped and held captive in the small cell in the basement of a church-bunker by three pedophile priests. One night a mysterious visitor opens the cell door and leaves him a sack full of Christmas presents.... The Film was published as a segment of "Deathcember" but was banned from the VOD Releases by the US Publisher in UK and the USA.

But Milk Is Important

September 2012 •English

A man with social anxiety gets followed by a naive and clumsy creature. Terrified the man tries to escape, unaware that the creature is actually a helper with slightly unconventional methods.

Good Intentions

October 2018 •English

After a woman is responsible for a hit and run, spooky things starts to happen to her. A small thriller about people that are not always the best at making decisions.

Yo Gabba Gabba: To Give a Present

December 2011 •English

In this spot created by Kirsten Lepore for Yo Gabba Gabba's Christmas special, the adorable shapes give presents to each other.

Bound

July 2020 •English

We are bound to the choices we make. What goes around comes around. A take on the legacy of ocean pollution.

Bodhi Bowls

September 2017 •Chinese

The moment mantra turns to motion.

Twisted Tales

September 2023 •English

Plasticine figures come to life and wreak terror on a not-so-friendly ghost.

Flotsam & Jetsam

March 2022 •English

Set in the 26th century during a bitter endless winter on Earth, Flotsam & Jetsam follows the journey of a robot, abandoned by the civilisation of people it once served, as it adventures through the frozen wastes and eventually an abandoned city in search of sanctuary and to find out if it is truly the last of its kind. (The film can now be viewed online via the director's YouTube page here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WpbcNGkduU )

Casa de Máquinas

September 2007 •Portuguese

A key starts up the engine of a complex mechanical structure where chain reactions, be they planned or random, are combined to cooperate. The movement represents pure energy, which may evolve towards synchronicity, chaos, or something in between.

Darwin Antidarwin

January 1969 •Czech

A tragicomic adaptation of Darwin’s theory of evolution. An earthworm becomes man, goes through all historical epochs until the present day, and in the end happily slips back underground as an earthworm.

A Few Words of Introduction

September 1963 •Czech

Pojar’s wickedly humourous satire pokes gentle fun at a speechmaker so enamoured with the sound of his own voice, he is oblivious to the effect he is having on his audience. Pojar details their bafflement, fidgets, whispers and snores with great imagination.

The Vanished World of Gloves

January 1982 •Czech

Using an array of gloves in different styles and from different historical periods, the film is a short history of the cinema - from silent movies via pastiches of Buñuel and Fellini and Close Encounters of the Third Kind to a futurist junkyard where tin cans become animated police cars in a city of urban decay.

猪猪侠之勇闯巨人岛

May 2014 •Chinese

Acid Space

November 2015 •Italian

The famous rock band The Paperback music is convened for a big concert at Big Depression. Arriving at their destination, no musical event seems ready for that day, but suddenly a secret passage opens to the planet Planio, where dictator Balthazar has banned all kinds of music.

Ka Cha

Invalid date •

A boy who was scared to get a haircut is forced by his dad to go to the barber shop. In the boy’s frightened eyes, the barber was just like a scary cannibal. The situation changes when the professional reveals his skills with the scissors. Suddenly, the little boy is no longer afraid.

Beowulf

November 2007 •English

A 6th-century Scandinavian warrior named Beowulf embarks on a mission to slay the man-like ogre, Grendel.

Humane

October 2018 •English

A short animation by Takuya Takahasi and Katsuki Nogami